bust outverb

• 1

  informalTo escape (from); break out.

  • to bust out of prison
• 2

  informalTo free from captivity.

  • They tried to bust the prisoner out, but were thwarted by the police.
  • building the kind of solidarity which will finally bust us out of the closet.
• 3

  informalTo reveal, to show; to appear.

  • The signs are everywhere: there are bells and tinsel on street lamps, shoppers on the sidewalks and Santas busting out all over.
• 4

  informalTo bring out; to take out.

  • They decided it was time to bust out the good hooch.
• 5

  informalTo burst out (laughing).

• 6

  blackjackgamesTo lose by going bust.

• 7

  datedslangTo buy an interest in (a business) and then take out a large amount of debt, strip (the business) of assets and then cash out before (the business) goes into bankruptcy.

• 8

  slangTo have sex with (a woman); to bring (a woman) to orgasm.